"done thing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: done things [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} done thing (plural done things)
  1. (chiefly UK) Something done habitually or according to social norms, expectations, etc. Tags: UK Related terms: do the decent thing
    Sense id: en-done_thing-en-noun--UFcOVSf Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I wanted to be called Linda but Aunt Angela said that was a common name, you know, not the done thing, so I have to be Bella...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000 August 12, Vivek Chaudhary, The Guardian:",
          "text": "\"I was only 18 and was having back problems so I got regular cortisone injections. It was the done thing in those days, all the players were having them.\"",
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        "Something done habitually or according to social norms, expectations, etc."
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        "(chiefly UK) Something done habitually or according to social norms, expectations, etc."
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